Re: /dev/cdrom & /dev/dvd symlinks and udev

2007-08-22 Thread cothrige
Wackojacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > See /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-cd.rules this is auto generated > by the script in /etc/udev/. I think you can change these around if > you set the $GENERATED variable to 0 (from comments in file). > > HTH > > Wackojacko > Many thanks for the tip,

Re: /dev/cdrom & /dev/dvd symlinks and udev

2007-08-22 Thread Wackojacko
cothrige wrote: I have two dvd drives, hdc is a standard drive and hdd is a cd/dvd writer. The problem is that all the cdrom symlinks always point at /dev/hdd which is not my primary drive. I like cdrw and dvdrw as they are, but would like to have cdrom and dvd to point correctly to hdc. In tr

Re: /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrw both point to the writer

2006-08-08 Thread M-L
On Wednesday 09 August 2006 08:58, H.S. shared this with us all: >--> Whenever I reboot my Debian Etch, running 2.6.15 or 2.6.16, both >--> /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrw links point to the same device /dev/hdd which >--> is a CD writer. The CD reader drive, /dev/hdc, is apparently not >--> detected to h

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-25 Thread James Vahn
J Merritt wrote: > Recently I ran 'apt-cdrom add /dev/cdrom' to add > repository index to Synaptic. The disc would not eject > even after apt-cdrom had unmounted it. I did a 'umount > /dev/cdrom' and it said the device was not mounted, of > course. It would not eject, period. As a workaround, try

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting and umount -l

2005-10-25 Thread Justin Guerin
On Sunday 23 October 2005 12:04, J Merritt wrote: > OK, the lazy unmount via 'umount -l' worked. I was > able to unmount and re-mount two different discs. No > problems reported. I take it this is something that > should not be done under normal circumstances? Is > there any issue with using lazy u

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-25 Thread Justin Guerin
On Sunday 23 October 2005 09:08, J Merritt wrote: > > On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: [snip] > --- Justin Guerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You should check out the fuser command. The -m > > switch may help. Once you > > figure out which process is accessing the mounted > >

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting and umount -l

2005-10-23 Thread J Merritt
OK, the lazy unmount via 'umount -l' worked. I was able to unmount and re-mount two different discs. No problems reported. I take it this is something that should not be done under normal circumstances? Is there any issue with using lazy unmount (I assume it's called lazy for a reason)?

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-23 Thread J Merritt
> On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: > > >> So what I do > is shell out, su, and > > 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'. This works fine > for reading a single CD > > or DVD. However, after I enter the command, it > will not allow me to > > 'umount /dev/cdrom'. It keeps saying the devi

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-18 Thread Adam Hardy
Justin Guerin on 18/10/05 16:31, wrote: On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: I like the way k3b works on the Debian side. Better than how it works on the Mandrake side. In Debian, however, I'm having a problem that I'm sure has a simple solution. I do not have automount enabled. I'm

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-18 Thread Justin Guerin
On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: > I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used > Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the DVD/CD-writer > will automount and auto-unmount whenever you insert or eject DVD/CD > media. It has other issues, howev

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Ms Linuz
Charlie wrote: On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:19:54 -0700 (PDT) J Merritt considered, crafted and sent: |--- I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the DVD/CD-writer will automount and auto-unmount whenever yo

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:19:54 -0700 (PDT) J Merritt considered, crafted and sent: >|--- I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the DVD/CD-writer will automount and auto-unmount whenever you insert or eject DVD/CD me

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread J Merritt
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Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 04:19:54PM -0700, J Merritt wrote: > I have been using Debian for about 2 months now after having used > Mandrakelinux 10.1 for a much longer time. In Mandrake, the > DVD/CD-writer will automount and auto-unmount whenever you insert or > eject DVD/CD media. It has other issu

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-04-10 Thread jacobmaxwinkler
I have the same problem only mine reads lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 Mar 22 12:48 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0 this is running knoppix, if that makes a difference, and I'm total newbie. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: /dev/cdrom and 2.6 - what should /dev look like and how do I get there the Right Way

2004-03-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Peter Sebastian Masny (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I want to try to get my cd burner working with 2.6, but the mappings > in /dev are weird. My cdrom is on hdd (not hdc). > > /dev contains: > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 Dec 14 22:31 cdrom -> > /dev/cdrom0 > lrwxrwxrwx1 roo

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Minar
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 10:21:23AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > Please make sure to understand the advises before reporting further > problems the next time :-( Maybe I've gone too far; withdrawing this and apologizing. Peace. Jan. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Minar
Hi, Stephen. On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 04:51:06AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: > $ eject /mnt/cdrom or > $ eject /mnt/cdwriter > did not work. Ejecting the device is done by ioctl(2)-ing the device, i.e. writing to it: | (#:/usr/src/linux-2.4.23)- sudo -u toor eject | eject: unable to find or open

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Andreas, David and others Thanks for your advice. - snip - > >>>eject /dev/hdc > >> > >> As ROOT it works, not as USER > > > > Add yourself to the cdrecording group, (or whichever group /dev/hdc is > > owned by). > > /dev/hdc probably is owned by the disk group, and it is a bad idea to > a

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello David Goodenough (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Sunday 04 January 2004 04:03, Stephen Liu wrote: >>> >>> Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your >>> lilo.conf or menu.lst: >>> >>>"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" >> >> Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" >> >>> You can test it wi

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread David Goodenough
On Sunday 04 January 2004 04:03, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Robert, > > - snip - > > > Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your > > lilo.conf or menu.lst: > > > >"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" > > Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" > > > You can test it with the eject command: > > > >ej

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Robert, - snip - > Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your > lilo.conf or menu.lst: > >"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" > You can test it with the eject command: > >eject /dev/hdc As ROOT it works, not as USER However CDWriter icon is on KDE

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-02 Thread Robert Storey
On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 21:42:40 -0500 root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > note I'm having the same issue > it says > lrwxrwxrwx for access 1 root root 3 (date) /dev/cdrom -> hdc > I had a harddrive hooked up to the same place previously could this be > > the reason it isn't mounting? Do you have scs

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 08:04:47PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:28, Jan Minar wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > > > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > > > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc). > > >

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Steven Yap
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:28, Jan Minar wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc). > > There's no difference between an absolute and a relative path here.

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc). There's no difference between an absolute and a relative path here. The symlinks are relative to the directly they reside in

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Steven Yap
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 18:42, root wrote: > note I'm having the same issue > it says > lrwxrwxrwx for access 1 root root 3 (date) /dev/cdrom -> hdc > I had a harddrive hooked up to the same place previously could this be > the reason it isn't mounting? /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-29 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 06:01:33PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: ... > A weird thing came up on #debian today, which maybe someone else can > explain to _me_: a guy was trying to setup CD ripping with ide-scsi > emulation enabled, and had enormous trouble since cdparanoia claimed it > couldn't find a gene

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-29 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 04:46:07PM +0100, Qian Gong wrote: > Hi, > > I am using CDRDAO to record CDs. I add the user to group cdrom to enable > the access to /dev/scd0 (linked by /dev/cdrom). But I got an error > message 'Cannot map "/dev/cdrom" to a SG device." It seems the user > should have to

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread ernst
Hi I had the same problem, and I think this was the solution, but I'm not 100% sure.: chown root:cdrom/dev/cdrom add the user to cdrom group chown root /usr/local/bin/cdrdao chmod 4711 /usr/local/bin/cdrdao /ernst On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Qian Gong wrote: > Hi, > > I am using CDRDAO to rec

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:57:33AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > Do you have this: > crw-rw1 root cdrom 21, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/sg0 > > I'm not clear on all the relationships -- I do hope someone can respond > with an overview of how all the parts connect... > The following list

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread Bill Moseley
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Qian Gong wrote: > Hi, > > I am using CDRDAO to record CDs. I add the user to group cdrom to enable > the access to /dev/scd0 (linked by /dev/cdrom). But I got an error > message 'Cannot map "/dev/cdrom" to a SG device." It seems the user > should have to ability to access /d

Re: /dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread Levi Waldron
On November 5, 2002 03:33 pm, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, DSC Siltec wrote: > > My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way > > that I can create a /dev/cdrom? > > > > - Mike > > ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom Use this one, as root. -Levi -- To UNSUB

Re: /dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread Burkhard Ritter
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, DSC Siltec wrote: > My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way > that I can create a /dev/cdrom? > > - Mike ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTE

Re: /dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach DSC Siltec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.05.1459 -0500]: > My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way > that I can create a /dev/cdrom? ln -s hdb /dev/cdrom -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and

Re: /dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread Hall Stevenson
At 09:59 PM 11/5/2002 +0200, DSC Siltec wrote: My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way that I can create a /dev/cdrom? Create a symlink... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /dev/cdrom problem...

2001-12-23 Thread JP Glutting
To reply to my own post - I think the problem is in /etc/init.d/iscover: " # Link /dev/cdromX to all detected CD drives, and create mount points: CDNUM=1 for CDROM in `discover --device cdrom` do if [ ! -e $CDROM ] then echo -n "discover reports that $CDROM is the CD-ROM device,

Re: /dev/cdrom problem...

2001-12-23 Thread JP Glutting
Thanks Daniel, I am using the standard (unmodified) 2.2.19-12 kernel from the Debian distribution. The devfsd package is not installed. I checked out the website, but I am not sure if this would solve my problem. I am not mounting this manually, or I would do it the way I want it. I will check

Re: /dev/cdrom problem...

2001-12-22 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Sun, Dec 23, 2001, JP Glutting wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a problem with my device configuration. I have a CD player and a CD > writer (/dev/hdc and /dev/hdd, respectively), and whenever I boot up it links > up the writer on /dev/cdrom1, and the reader on /dev/cdrom2 (/dev/cdrom is, > corre

RE: /dev/cdrom problem

1998-11-13 Thread Shaleh
Please include the program's output and the result of: ls -al on the /dev device that /dev/cdrom is linked to. On 12-Nov-98 Vincent Murphy wrote: > i can't use xplaycd or any other cd playing program as a normal user. > the message i get from xplaycd is that permission is denied to use > /dev/cdro

Re: /dev/cdrom problem

1998-11-13 Thread James Dietrich
On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 11:39:26PM +, Vincent Murphy wrote: > i can't use xplaycd or any other cd playing program as a normal user. > the message i get from xplaycd is that permission is denied to use /dev/cdrom. > i can make the program work using sudo though. > any way i can fix this? See if